E-mini Nasdaq 100 (NQ) June (M) contract study: year-by-year results, the day-by-day shape of the move and where highs and lows printed.
Contract Almanac · E-mini Nasdaq-100
Every June Nasdaq contract 2011–2026, measured over its tenure as the lead contract · Typically leads Mar 13 – Jun 11
The June contract is the Nasdaq’s spring seat and the board’s biggest earner: 13 of 16 higher (81%) with a +6.9% average, the highest of any index seat. The March-bottom-spring-recovery pattern that powers the ES version runs through tech with leverage, and the file reads accordingly.
Each year is one contract, measured from the open of the day it took over the lead to the close of the day it handed off, the same roll convention used across all Traders Brief research. An index contract holds the lead for a full quarter, roughly 63 trading days from one roll to the next — these are quarterly seats, not months, and the day counts read accordingly. All highs and lows are the contract’s own trades, marked by trading day of the tenure, not calendar day.